diff --git a/5.MediaServer/3.Deploy_demokit/publish_zip_by_url.py b/5.MediaServer/3.Deploy_demokit/publish_zip_by_url.py
index afded9686745d1f5202503a7d2476da8483911a0..bde7bb552e78aa2adc506045bb99863c30ef2e0a 100755
--- a/5.MediaServer/3.Deploy_demokit/publish_zip_by_url.py
+++ b/5.MediaServer/3.Deploy_demokit/publish_zip_by_url.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     print(msc.api('/', method='get'))
 
     basename = os.path.basename(args.url)
-    r = msc.api('/search', method='get', data={'search': basename})
+    r = msc.api('/search', method='get', params={'search': basename})
     if r.get('videos'):
         print('Video %s seems to be already present on the portal, not reuploading' % basename)
     else: